To enable IE mode on Microsoft Edge, use these steps:
Open Microsoft Edge.
Click the Settings and More (ellipsis) button on the top-right corner.
Select the Settings option.
Click on Default browser.
Under the “Internet Explorer compatibility” section, turn on the “Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode” toggle switch to enable IE mode on Edge.
Click the Restart button.
(Optional) Click the Add button in the “Internet Explorer mode pages” setting.
Confirm the website to force the browser to load in IE mode.
Click the Add button.
Once you complete the steps, when sites require Internet Explorer, you can use Microsoft Edge to reload the page using IE mode.
If you use the “Internet Explorer mode pages” setting, the sites will open in IE mode for 30 days, then page will load normally again.
After the IE Mode is enabled, you need to reload a page with the compatibility mode manually.
To open an incompatible website with IE Mode on Edge, use these steps:
Open Microsoft Edge.
Click the Settings and More (ellipsis) button on the top-right corner.
Click the “Reload in Internet Explorer mode” option.
(Optional) Right-click the tab and select the “Reload tab in Internet Explorer mode” option.
After you complete the steps, the website should reload in compatibility mode. The option won’t be available in the menu if the feature is not enabled.
If you want to exit IE Mode, you can use the same instructions, but on step No. 3, select the Exit Internet Explorer mode option.
On Windows 11, Microsoft Edge also lets you configure the browser so that when someone is using Internet Explorer incompatible, or all sites will load within Edge.
To let IE open websites with Edge, use these steps:
Open Microsoft Edge.
Click the Settings and More (ellipsis) button on the top-right corner.
Select the Settings option.
Click on Default browser.
Under the “Internet Explorer compatibility” section, use the “Let Internet Explorer open sites in Microsoft Edge” drop-down menu and select the option to handle browsing when using Internet Explorer:
Once you complete the steps, websites will open on Microsoft Edge, according to your configuration when surfing the web with Internet Explorer.